The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons therefore expresses grave concern about the potential for sub-standard training and the licensing of non-medically qualified practitioners to cut bone and tendon by the processes in the Bill with consequent lowering of quality and safety of care for the community.... Read more

Patients Denied Access to Doctors???Wed, 10 Jun 2009

Reports that patients have been left without medical attention by a system designed by NSW hospital bureaucrats have stunned orthopaedic surgeons. The SMH (10.1.09) claims that a new system known as NART (Nurse Ambulance Release Team) was set up and not dismantled until the deaths of 2 patients.... Read more

The Deaf and Doctors: A Shepherd's Two FlocksMon, 17 Dec 2007

The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons therefore expresses grave concern about the potential for sub-standard training and the licensing of non-medically qualified practitioners to cut bone and tendon by the processes in the Bill with consequent lowering of quality and safety of care for the community.... Read more

Bega Hospital Statement

Since the inception of the Rural Doctors’ Settlement Package in 1988, Bega Hospital has been named within the hospitals eligible for that package...... Read More

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25 Years in Orthopaedic Politics – Perspectives and Predictions

After 25 years of working in health policy, it has been my pleasure to witness first-hand the passing parade of self-appointed gurus, health policy ‘experts’, and academic advisers who have served up a conveyer belt of taxpayer funded ideas that don’t work “to fix health”.... Read More